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FOR  THE 


FARM-LIFE  SCHOOLS  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA 


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STATE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 
RALEIGH  NORTH  CAROLINA 


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A  PRELIMINARY  OUTLINE 

OF  THE 

COURSES  OF  STUDY  IN  AGRICULTURE 


AND 


MINIMUM  OF  REQUIRED  EQUIPMENT 

FOR  THE 

FARM-LIFE  SCHOOLS  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA 


ISSUED  FROM  THE  OFFICE  OF 
STATE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 
RALEIGH  NORTH  CAROLINA 


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in  2019  with  funding  from 
University  of  North  Carolina  at  Chapel  Hill 


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PREFACE 


The  law  directs  that  the  course  of  study  and  the  equipment  of  all  farm-life 
schools  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction.  This  bulletin  contains  the  preliminary  outline  of  courses 
of  study  in  agriculture  and  the  minimum  of  general  equipment  for  these 
schools  that  will  be  approved  by  him.  It  also  contains  suggested  additional 
equipment  needed  for  work  in  the  special  departments  and  suggested  text¬ 
books,  reference  books,  and  lists  of  books  and  bulletins  for  the  library. 

It  would  be  neither  economical  nor  wise  to  start  one  of  these  schools 
without  the  minimum  of  equipment  found  by  experience,  by  careful  investi¬ 
gation,  and  by  consultation  with  experienced  teachers  and  experts  in  other 
schools  of  this  sort  to  be  necessary  for  the  successful  teaching  and  training 
required,  of  such  schools.  Therefore  the  minimum  general  equipment  con¬ 
tained  herein  together  with  the  other  equipment  in  buildings,  laboratories, 
land,  etc.,  designated  in  Section  4  of  the  law  must  be  provided  by  each  school 
before  the  State  Superintendent  will  recommend  the  State  apportionment 
by  the  State  Board  of  Education  for  its  maintenance. 

Some  months  ago  I  engaged  Mr.  E.  A.  Hodson,  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  of  the  North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts, 
to  take  charge  of  the  preparation  of  this  bulletin.  He  has  devoted  his  entire 
time  during  the  summer  to  this  work.  In  the  preparation  of  the  bulletin, 
he  has  carefully  examined  the  courses  of  study  in  similar  schools  in  this  and 
all  other  states;  he  has  conferred  with  the  members  of  the  Committee  on  Vo¬ 
cational  Education  of  the  Department  of  High  School  Principals  of  the  North 
Carolina  Teachers’  Assembly,  receiving  valuable  suggestions  and  criticisms 
from  time  to  time  from  the  members  of  that  committee;  he  has  consulted 
experienced  and  successful  teachers  of  agriculture  and  kindred  subjects  in 
this  and  other  states;  he  made  a  special  visit  to  Cornell  University  to  get 
the  benefit  of  the  great  library  and  the  assistance  of  noted  specialists  in 
agricultural  instruction  there  in  the  preparation  of  the  courses  of  study  and 
the  compiling  of  the  lists  of  the  books  and  the  suggested  equipment. 

It  is  hoped  that  this  bulletin  will  serve  the  purpose  for  which  it  has  been 
prepared  by  rendering  valuable  assistance  in  properly  equipping  and  in 
wisely  arranging  and  directing  the  work  of  the  farm-life  schools  of  the 
State.  Six  of  these  schools  were  in  operation  last  year  and  arrangements 
have  already  been  completed  for  starting  ten  new  schools  of  this  sort  in 
the  State  this  year.  It  is  exceedingly  important  that  these  schools  should 
start  right,  be  properly  equipped,  provided  with  thoroughly  qualified  and 
experienced  teachers,  and  have  their  work  shaped  to  meet  the  needs  of 
country  life  and  to  prepare  country  boys  and  girls  for  making  the  most  out 
of  country  life  and  country  things.  Upon  the  success  of  these  schools 
depends  the  establishment  of  other  schools  of  this  sort  in  other  counties 
of  this  State.  Upon  their  success  depends  the  success  of  this  hopeful  move¬ 
ment  to  adapt  the  work  of  the  country  school  to  the  needs  of  the  country 
people  and  to  improve  country  life  through  the  more  efficient  training  of 
each  generation  of  country  children. 


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The  list  of  those  who  have  rendered  invaluable  assistance  in  the  prepara¬ 
tion  of  this  bulletin  is  too  long  to  enumerate.  I  desire,  however,  to  make 
general  acknowledgment  here  of  grateful  appreciation  to  all  of  them. 

A  more  complete  bulletin  containing  more  detailed  outlines  of  the  courses 
of  study  in  the  different  subjects  and  many  additional  valuable  suggestions 
is  now  in  preparation.  A  bulletin  on  the  work  in  Domestic  Science  and 
Household  Economy  will  be  issued  later. 

Very  truly  yours, 

J.  Y.  Joyner, 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Raleigh,  N.  C.,  August,  1914. 


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PRELIMINARY  OUTLINE 

OF 

COURSES  OF  STUDY  IN  AGRICULTURE 


The  course  in  Agriculture,  as  suggested  in  the  accompanying  outline, 
comprises  about  one-half  of  the  16  units  making  up  the  four  years’  work. 
This  is  more  work  than  one  man  will  be  able  to  teach  but  it  is  impossible  to 
give  less  work  in  agriculture  and  the  related  sciences  if  these  Farm-Life 
Schools  are  to  serve  the  purpose  for  which  they  were  established.  The  first 
years  of  the  school  will  not  have  a  full  four-year  course  of  study  in  agricul¬ 
ture  which  makes  it  possible  for  one  man  to  handle  the  work  at  present. 

In  buying  the  necessary  equipment  for  the  schools  which  are  just  being 
established,  it  will  only  be  necessary  to  buy  the  apparatus  needed  to  give 
the  work  of  the  first  year,  other  equipment  can  be  bought  as  it  is  needed  the 
next  year. 

The  equipment  as  suggested  in  this  outline  is  in  most  cases  the  minimum 
that  should  be  purchased  to  attempt  to  give  that  course.  Where  apparatus 
is  suggested  that  is  not  necessary  at  present  it  is  marked  *.  The  books  for 
reference  which  are  desirable  but  are  not  necessary  at  present,  are  also 
marked  *. 

The  prices  given  are  catalog  prices  and  in  most  cases  there  will  be  quite 
a  reduction,  especially  if  bought  in  quantities. 

Arrangements  can  be  made  to  get  Mr.  D.  T.  Gray,  of  the  N.  C.  Experiment 
Station,  to  buy  the  horses  and  cows  needed  for  these  schools,  provided  the 
schools  which  are  going  to  get  animals,  will  all  buy  at  the  same  time.  In 
this  way,  these  animals  may  be  bought  at  a  much  less  figure  than  would  be 
possible  for  the  schools  to  buy  them  separately.  There  will  be  no  charge 
for  this  service  by  Mr.  Gray. 

The  parallel  reading  courses,  as  indicated  in  the  outline,  are  intended  to 
cover  some  suggested  text  related  to  the  subjects  mentioned;  assignments 
for  reading  are  to  be  made  and  the  class  is  expected  to  meet  not  less  than 
eight  times  a  year  to  discuss  the  subject  read.  This  should  apply  to  every 
student  in  the  Farm-Life  School. 

It  is  recommended  that  the  teachers  of  Agriculture  and  Domestic  Science 
be  called  together  as  a  committee  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  North  Carolina 
Teachers’  Assembly  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the  course  in  Agriculture 
which  is  now  being  outlined. 

Mr.  K.  H.  McIntyre,  of  the  Red  Oak  Farm-Life  School,  gave  many  valuable 
suggestions  in  arranging  the  course  of  study  and  equipment,  and  suggested 
the  parallel  reading  courses. 


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Suggested  Course  of  Study  for  the  Farm-Life  Schools  of 

North  Carolina. 

FIRST  YEAR. 

Periods  per  Week.  Periods  per  Week. 


Fall  Term. 

Class.  Lai). 

Spring  Term. 

Class.  Lab. 

English  . 

5 

English  . 

5 

Arithmetic  . 

5 

Arithmetic  . 

r~ 

0 

Physical  Geography . 

4 

Poultry  . 

Q  1 

.  O  1 

Plant  Life  . 

3  1 

Plant  Culture  . 

Q  I 

.  O  1 

Mechanical  Drawing . 

2 

Mechanical  Drawing  ..  .  . 

9 

•  Li 

Farm  Carpentry  . 

2 

Farm  Carpentry  . 

2 

Total  . 

22  Periods. 

Total  . 

.22  Periods. 

Parallel  Reading  Course 

:  General  Science. 

SECOND 

YEAR. 

Periods  per  Week. 

Periods  per  Week. 

Fall  Term. 

Class.  Lai). 

Spring  Term. 

Class.  Lab. 

English  . 

5 

English  . 

5 

Algebra  . 

5 

Algebra  . 

5 

History  . 

3 

History  . 

O 

.  o 

Farm  Animals . 

3  1 

Dairying  . 

3  1 

Biology  and  Physiology.. 

3 

Biology  and  Physiology. 

3 

Vegetable  Gardening  . . .  . 

2'  1 

Vegetable  Gardening  . . . 

2  1 

Total  . 

.  23  Periods. 

Total  . 

,.23  Periods. 

Parallel  Reading  Course:  A  study  of  the  social  life  in  the  country  and 
organization  of  boys  and  girls  clubs. 


THIRD 

YEAR. 

Periods  per  Week. 

Periods  per  Week. 

Fall  Term. 

Class.  Lab. 

Spring  Term. 

Class.  Lab. 

English  . 

.  5 

English  . 

.  5 

Physics  . 

o 

Physics  . 

.  3 

History  . 

.  3 

History  . 

.  3 

Farm  Crops  . 

.  3  1 

Farm  Crops  .... 

.  3  1 

Farm  Accounting 

and 

Fruit  Culture  .  .  . 

.  3  1 

Mathematics  . 

Farm  Carpentry  .  .  . 

9 

.  2 

Farm  Carpentry 

.  2 

Total  . 

Total  .  .  . 

Parallel  Reading  Course:  Rural  Sanitation  and  water  supply. 


0 


7 


FOURTH 

YEAR. 

Periods  per  Week. 

Periods  per  Week. 

Fall  Term. 

Class.  Lab. 

Spring  Term. 

Class.  Lab. 

English . 

.  5 

English  . 

5 

Soils  and  Fertilizers  ....  3  1 

Soils  and  Fertilizers  . 

3  1 

Rural  Economics  . 

.  3 

Mathematics  . 

3 

Feeds  and  Feeding 

.  3 

Feeds  and  Feeding  . . . 

3 

Farm  Machinery  *. 

.  3  1 

Farm  Machinery . 

3  1 

Chemistry  . 

.  3  1 

Chemistry  . 

3  1 

Total  .  .  .  . 

. 23  Periods. 

Total  . 

. . .  23  Periods. 

Parallel  Reading 

Course:  Community  improvement. 

Suggested  Texts  for  Agriculture  and  Science  Courses. 


Course. 

Year. 

Term 

Text. 

Author. 

Publisher. 

Price. 

Physical  Geography 

1st 

Fall 

New  Physical 

Tarr 

Macmillan 

$  1.25 

Geography 

Poultry 

1st 

Spring 

Farm  Poultry 

Watson 

Macmillan 

1.50 

Plant  Life 

1st 

Fall 

Beginners  Botany 

Bailey 

Macmillan 

.60 

Plant  Culture 

1st 

Spring 

Principles  of  Plant 

Goff 

Stechert 

1.00 

Culture 

Mechanical  Drawing 

1st 

Year 

Drawing  Meehan- 

Thompson 

Heath 

.15 

ical  Series  (books 

(each) 

1-6; 

Farm  Animais 

2d 

Fall 

Farm  Animals 

Hunt  & 

Orange- Judd 

1.50 

Burkett 

Milk  and  Its 

Wing 

Macmillan 

1.50 

Dairying- 

2d 

Spring 

Products 

Testing  Milk 

Van  Slyke 

Orange- J  udd 

1.00 

Biology  and  Physi- 

2d 

Year 

Animals  and  Man 

Kellogg 

Holt 

1.25 

ology 

Vegetable  Garden- 

2d 

Year 

Vegetable  Garden- 

Watts 

Orange- Judd 

1.75 

ing 

ing 

Farm  Crops 

3d 

Year 

Field  Crops 

Wihon  & 

Webb 

1.50 

Farm  Management 

3d 

Fall 

Warburton 

and  Accounting 

Fruit  Culture 

3d 

Spring 

Popular  Fruit 

Green 

Webb 

1.00 

Growing 

Physios 

3d 

Year 

First  Principles 

Car  hart  & 

Allyn  & 

1.25 

of  Physics 

Chute 

Bacon 

Soils  and  Fertil- 

4th 

Year 

Soib  and  Fertil- 

Snyder 

Macmillan 

1.50 

izers 

izers 

Rural  Economics 

4th 

Fall 

Rural  Economies 

Carver 

Ginn  * 

1.30 

Feeds  and  Feeding 

4th 

Fall 

Principles  of 

Burkett 

Orange-Judd 

1.50 

4-th 

Feeding 

Chemistry 

4th 

Year 

Chemistry  of 

Brownlee  and 

Allyn  & 

1.25 

Common  Things 

others 

Bacon 

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Library  Suggestions. 

The  school  should  receive  the  Monthly  List  of  Publications  by  the  U.  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture,  the  Farmers’  Bulletins,  and  requests  should  be 
made  for  a  list  of  available  publications.  Address  request  to  Division  of 
Publications,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C.  The 
schools  should  request  that  their  names  .be  put  on  the  mailing  list  of  the 
North  Carolina  Department  of  Agriculture,  Raleigh,  N.  C.,  and  also  the  North 
Carolina  Experiment  Station,  West  Raleigh,  N.  C.,  to  receive  free  publications 
from  these  Departments. 

Some  means  of  filing  the  bulletins  belonging  to  the  School  should  be 
provided.  Pamphlet  holders  may  be  bought  for  $7.00  per  hundred  from  the 
Jesse  Jones  Paper  Box  Co.,  Philadelphia,  or  very  serviceable  pamphlet 
holders  may  be  made  from  heavy  cardboard  by  the  mannual  training  class,  at 
much  less  cost. 

Book  shelves  or  cases  should  be  made  by  the  manual  training  class. 

Suggestions  and  specifications  for  such  cases  will  be  furnished  later  if 
possible. 


List  of  Miscellaneous  Books  that  Should  Be  In  the  Library. 


Title. 

Author. 

Publisher. 

Price. 

*Encyclopedia  of  Agriculture. 
Farmers’  Cyclopedia  of  Agri- 

Bailey  . 

.  Macmillan  .  . 

....  $20.00 

culture  . 

Farmers’  Cyclopedia  of  Live 

Wilcox  &  Smith . 

.  Orange- Judd 

_  3.50 

Stock  . 

Wilcox  &  Smith . 

.  .Orange- Judd 

_  4.50 

Principles  of  Rural  Economics 

Carver  . 

.  .  Ginn  . 

_  1.30 

Landscape  Gardening . 

Waugh  . 

.  Orange-Judd 

. 50 

Farmers’  Manual  of  Law...- 

Willis  . 

.  Orange-Judd 

....  2.00 

Farm  Management . 

Warren  . 

.  .Macmillan  . .  . 

....  1.50 

Farm  Sewage  . 

Bacteria  in  Relation  to  Coun- 

Santee . 

.  Orange-Judd 

. 50 

try  Life  . 

Materials  and  Methods  in 

Lipman  . 

....  1.50 

High  School  Agriculture.. 
Chemistry  and  Its  Relation  to 

Hummel  . 

.  .  Macmillan .  .  . 

....  1  25 

Daily  Life . 

Kahlenburg  &  Hart. 

.  .  Macmillan . . . 

_  1.25 

Miscellaneous  Suggestions. 

A  rubber  stamp  outfit  should  be  provided  for  marking  stakes  in  the  field 
work.  The  value  of  field  work  depends  largely  upon  the  labeling  of  varieties 
of  crops  and  experiments.  Stakes  4  inches  wide,  %  inch  thick,  and  2  feet 
long  from  dressed  boards,  make  the  most  convenient  size. 

Interesting  exhibits  may  be  obtained  from  several  manufacturing  com¬ 
panies  without  cost.  The  Postum  Cereal  Company,  Ltd.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich., 
will  gladly  give  a  cereal  exhibit  for  the  asking. 

An  exhibit  of  corn  products  may  be  obtained  from  the  American  Manufac¬ 
turers’  Association  of  Products  of  Corn,  1236  First  National  Bank  Building, 
Chicago,  Ill. 


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An  exhibit  of  cattle  products  may  be  obtained  from  Morris  &  Co.,  Union 
Stock  Yards,  Chicago,  Ill. 

The  De  Laval  Cream  Separator  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  will  allow  the  Farm 
Life  Schools  a  substantial  discount  upon  separators  by  an  agreement  which 
has  been  arranged. 

General  Equipment  for  School  Farm. 

0ne  barn  . .  $600.00 

Two  work  animals  (mares) .  500.00 

One  two  horse  wagon .  65.00 

One  two  horse  turn  plow .  8  50 

One  disc  harrow .  25.00 

One  drag  harrow .  12.00 

One  weeder  .  7  00 

One  cultivator  . 35.00 

One  combination  planter . 15.00 

One  single  shovel  plow .  3.00 

One  double  shovel  plow . . . - .  5.00 

One  set  of  two  horse  harness .  25.00 

Twelve  hoes  (gooseneck) .  9.00 

Six  rakes  (garden) .  4. 50 

Two  hay  forks .  1.50 

One  platform  scales  (merchants) .  15.00 

Iwo  shovels  .  2.00 

One  mattock  .  .75 

One  scythe  .  1.50 


Total  . $1,334.75 

*One  mower  .  $45.?'0 

*One  hay  rake  (one  horse) .  20.00 

*One  gasoline  engine  (4  horse) .  125.00 

PLANT  LIFE. 

Title.  Author.  Publisher  Price. 

Text  : 

Beginners’  Botany . Bailey . Macmillan  .  $.60 

References: 

Experiments  with  Plants.  ..Osterliout  . Macmillan  .  1.25 

Equipment:  One  microscope,  double  nose  piece,  4  and  16  mm.  objectives, 

7.5  times  ocular,  $27.00 

> 

Practically  no  other  equipment  will  be  necessary  for  this  work.  The  experi¬ 
ments  that  are  practical  for  the  course  may  be  performed  without  any  special 
apparatus  in  most  cases.  The  apparatus  in  the  chemistry  equipment  may  be 
used  whenever  necessary. 

If  small  hand  lenses  are  found  necessary  the  student  may  be  required  to 
purchase  these  for  his  own  use. 

This  course  is  expected  to  give  an  understanding  of  the  relations  of  the 
plant  to  the  soil,  air  and  water;  the  structure  of  the  plant;  man’s  dependence 
upon  plants;  and,  if  possible,  some  work  should  be  given  in  identification  of 
plants. 


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PLANT  CULTURE. 

Title.  Author.  Publisher  Price. 

Text: 

Principles  of  Plant  Culture. .Goff  . Stechert  .  $1.00 

References : 

^Propagation  of  Plants.  ...  Fuller  . Orange-Judd  ....  1.50 

Nursery  Book . Bailey  . Macmillan  .  1.50 

Equipment: 

Seeds. 

Plants:  Apple,  peach,  grape,  etc. 

Bulbs. 

Hoes  and  rakes  (general  equipment). 

Seed  testing  boxes  (to  be  made  by  students). 


Grafting  wax  .  $.50 

Grafting  and  budding  tools .  .75 

Total  .  $1.25 


The  different  methods  of  propagation  of  plants,  transplanting,  and  general 
considerations  as  to  culture,  care  and  management  of  garden  and  field  plants 
will  be  presented  in  this  course. 


POULTRY  RAISING. 


Title. 

Text  : 

Farm  Poultry . 

References : 

*How  to  Keep  Hens  for 

Profit  . 

*Poultry  Breeding  . 

*Turkeys  and’ How  to  Grow 

Them  . 

Poultry  Feeding  and  Fatten¬ 
ing  . 

Poultry  Appliances . 

Principles  and  Practices  of 

Poultry  Culture . 

Domestic  Birds . 


Author. 

Publisher 

Price. 

Watson  . 

.  .  .  .Macmillan  . 

.  $1.50 

Valentine  . 

.  . .  Macmillan  .  . 

....  1.50 

Miller-Purvis  .... 

.  . .  Sanders  .... 

.  1.50 

Myrick  . 

.  .  .  Orange-Judd 

....  1.00 

Fiske  . 

.  . .  Orange-Judd 

. 50 

Fiske  . 

.  . .  Orange-Judd 

....  .50 

Robinson  . 

.  . .  .Ginn  . 

.  2.50 

Robinson  . 

.  1.35 

Equipment:  The  only  equipment  for  this  course  that  should  ever  be  bought 
outright  is: 

Ten  pure  bred  fowls  and  one  cock  of  an  egg  breed.  , 

Ten  pure  bred  fowls  and  one  cock  of  a  meat  breed. 

One  incubator. 

One  brooder. 

All  the  houses,  coops,  feed  hoppers,  watering  devices,  etc.,  should  be  made 
by  the  manual  training  class. 

It  is  not  recommended  that  this  equipment  be  bought  the  first  year,  for 
the  reason  that,  in  the  case  of  new  schools  it  will  be  much  better  to  get  some 
of  the  work  well  established  which  is  of  more  importance  and  then  add  other 
equipment  as  rapidly  as  possible. 

This  course  in  poultry  is  intended  to  cover,  in  a  general  way,  the  types 


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and  breeds,  the  purposes  of  the  several  types,  the  feeding,  care,  raising, 
handling  and  marketing  of  fowls,  and  the  production  and  marketing  of  eggs. 

One  reason  for  placing  this  course  in  the  first  year  was  because  of  its 
general  interest.  This  work  also  lends  itself  admirably  to  home  project  work, 
wherever  the  student  can  get  permission  from  his  parents  to  take  charge 
of  the  poultry  at  home,  he  can  actually  follow  the  course  in  practice. 


MANUAL  TRAINING. 

This  course  is  to  be  practical  in  every  detail.  There  is  no  text  available 
that  will  meet  the  needs  of  this  work. 

The  equipment  for  this  course  should  be  the  very  first  to  be  purchased  by 
the  school.  The  class  in  manual  training  should  make  all  of  the  tables, 
specimen  and  apparatus  cases,  work  benches,  tool  boxes,  poultry  appliances, 
a  large  part  of  the  physics  apparatus,  practically  all  of  the  soils  apparatus, 
many  pieces  of  apparatus  for  the  chemistry  equipment  and  various  other 
things  too  numerous  to  mention.  It  is  hoped  that  a  list  of  the  apparatus  that 
should  be  made  by  this  class  can  be  supplied  with  details  for  construction 
sometime  within  the  coming  year. 

A  supply  of  well  seasoned,  dressed  lumber  should  be  obtained. 


Equipment  fob  Work  in  Manual  Training. 

Tools  for  General  TJse. 

1  hand  saw,  9  points . 

1  hand  saw,  11  points . 

1  steel  framing  square . 

1  try  square  . 

1  bevel  square  . 

1  Stanley  spirit  level . 

1  claw  hammer  . 

1  jack  plane,  14  inches . 

1  smooth  plane,  8  inches . 

1  block  plane,  4  inches . 

1  set  of  screw  drivers . 

1  set  of  firmer  chisels  (5,  %  to  1  inch) . 

1  ratchet  brace,  10  inch  sweep . 

1  set  Irwin  auger  bits  (12x1x16) . 

1  set  square  shank  drill  bits  for  iron  (8,  V-t-Vi  by  16ths) 

1  iron  vise  steels  faced  jaws  24  lbs . 

1  screw  for  wood  vise . 

1  expansion  bit,  1 — 2  in . 

1  bench  stop  . 

1  revolving  head  harness  punch . 

1  50-foot  linen  tape . 

1  rule  5  feet  folding . 

1  set  of  compass  saws . 

1  caliper  inside,  outside . . 

1  divider  . . . 

1  mechanic’s  tool  grinder . 

1  grind  stone  with  fixtures . 

4  steel  clamps,  6  inches . .  . 

1  counter  sink . 


$1.65 

1.65 
.75 
.25 
.25 
.75 
.60 

2.65 
2.00 

.75 

.75 

3.50 
3.00 
3.00 
1.00 
3.00 

.25 

1.50 
.25 
.75 

3.00 

.25 

.50 

.75 

.25 

5.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.10 


1  drawing  knife  .  $  -75 

1  marking  gauge . -25 

1  adjustable  hack  saw  frame .  .60 

12  hack  saw  blades .  .60 

1  machine  hammer,  8  ounces .  .75 

1  oil  stone,  coarse  and  medium .  .75 

1  pair,  8  inch  side  cut  pliers .  .60 

1  pair,  8  inch  end  cut  pliers .  .60 

1  pair  12  inch  tinners  snips .  1.25 

1  saw  set  .  .75 

1  set  steel  “S”  wrenches .  1.50 

1  monkey  wrench,  8  inch .  .25 

1  Stilson  pipe  wrench,  8  inch .  .75 

1  set  assorted  files  and  wood  rasps . 2.50 

1  spoke  shave  .  .25 

1  rivet  setting  punch .  .50 

1  cold  chisel,  y2  inch . .15 

1  cold  chisel,  %  inch .  .25 

1  drift  punch  . .25 

1  set  nail  sets .  .45 

1  steel  rivet  set .  .25 

1  hatchet  . .75 


Total  .  $54.90 

Individual  Bench  Set. 

1  hand  saw,  9  points .  $1.65 

1  hand  saw,  11  points .  1.65 

1  try  square  .  .25 

1  framing  square  . .75 

1  screw  for  wood  vise .  .25 

1  smooth  plane,  8  inch .  2.00 

1  bench  stop . .15 

1  drawing  knife .  .75 

1  marking  gauge  .  .25 

1  hatchet,  4  inch .  .75 

1  claw  hammer  .  .60 

1  folding  rule,  5  feet .  .25 


$9.30 

*Starret  combination  square .  $4.00 

*Miter  box  .  12.00 

*Set  of  stocks  and  dies  from  1  16  to  %  U.  S.  Standard  carriage 

thread.  . 12.00 

*Drill  attachment  for  iron .  3.00 

*Breast  drill  .  3.00 

*Soldering  outfit,  complete .  6.00 


$40.00 

*Set  blacksmith  tools  .  35.00 


13 


DAIRYING. 


Title. 

Author. 

Publisher 

Price. 

Text: 

Milk  and  Its  Products. 

. Wing  . 

.  .  Macmillan  .... 

.  .  $1.50 

Testing  Milk . 

.  .  1.00 

References: 

Dairy  Cattle  and 

Milk 

Pro- 

duction  ....... 

....  Eckles  . 

.  .  Macmillan . 

.  .  1.60 

Testing  Milk  and 

Its 

Pro- 

ducts  . . 

.  Stechert . 

.  .  1.25 

*Tlie  Business  of 

Dairying  Lane  . . . 

.  Orange- Judd ..  . 

.  .  1.25 

Clean  Milk . 

.  Belcher  . 

.  .  Orange-Judd.  .  . 

.  .  1.00 

Equipment: 

4  cows  . 

1  cream  separator  (135  lb.) . 

1  Babcock  tester  (6  bottle) . 

1  dozen  milk  test  bottles,  10  per  cent.  . 
y2  dozen  cream  test  bottles,  50  per  cent 

Pipettes : 

1  9  cc.,  1  17.6  cc.,  1  18  cc . 

1  acid  measure  . . 

1  milk  scales  . 

1  thermometer  . 

1  lactometer  . 

1  churn  . 

1  butter  printer  . 

Assorted  wash  brushes . 

Sulphuric  acid,  1  gallon . 

Butter  ladles  and  packers,  assorted... 

Cream  scales  . 

Milking  pails  . 

Milk  cans,  etc . 


$300.00 

32.50 

9.00 

1.25 

1.50 

.60 

.15 

3.00 

.75 

.25 

4.00 

.90 

1.50 

.60 

1.00 

10.00 

1.00 

5.00 


Total  .  $373.00 

A  study  of  the  breeds,  types,  feeding  and  care  of  dairy  cattle;  the  produc¬ 
tion,  testing,  handling  and  marketing  of  milk  and  butter  will  be  given  in 
this  course  as  comprehensively  as  possible  to  a  class  of  this  grade  in  the  time 
allowed. 


14 


FARM  ANIMALS. 


Title. 

Author. 

Publisher 

Price. 

Text: 

Farm  Animals . 

.  .  .  .Hunt  &  Burkett . 

.  .  .  Orange- Judd .  .  . 

. .  $1.50 

Stock  Judging . 

.  .  1.65 

References: 

Types  and  Breeds  of  Farm 

Animals . 

Plumb  . 

.  .  .Ginn . 

. .  2.00 

Swine  in  America . 

Coburn  . 

.  .  2.50 

Domesticated  Animals 

and 

Plants  . 

Davenport  . 

.  .  .Ginn . 

.  ..  1.25 

The  Horse . 

Roberts . 

.  .  1.25 

*A  n  i  m  a  1  Husbandry 

for 

Schools  . 

Harper  . 

.  .  1.50 

*Beginnings  in  Animal 

Husbandry  . 

Plumb  . 

.  .  .  Webb . 

.  .  1.25 

*Manual  of  Farm  Animals. 

Harper  . 

.  .  Macmillan  .  .  .  . 

.  .  2.00 

Equipment:  No  equipment  is  necessary  for 

this  course.  Animals  of 

farmers  in  the  community  may  be  obtained  for  judging. 

It  is  intended  that  this  course  take  up  only  a  study  of  the  breeds  of  farm 
animals;  the  use  of  the  various  types,  and  work  in  judging  farm  animals. 
The  text  suggested  contains  some  chapters  on  feeding  which  should  be  omitted 
until  the  fourth  year  for  a  more  intelligent  understanding  of  this  part  of  the 
work. 

BIOLOGY  AND  PHYSIOLOGY. 


Title. 

Text  : 

Animals  and  Man.  . . . 
References : 

^Elementary  Biology 

*Insects  . 

Equipment: 

*Insect  nets. 
Collecting  bottles. 
*Insect  pins. 
*Potassium  Cyanide. 
*Insect  museum  cases. 


Author. 

Publisher 

Price. 

..Kellog . 

.  .  .  Henry  Holt.  .  .  . 

.  .  $1.25 

.  Peabody  &  Hunt.  .  . 

.  .  .  Macmillan  ... 

.  .  1.25 

.  Chitendon  . 

.  .  1.50 

I  his  equipment  may  be  bought  as  needed  for  collecting  and  preserving  in¬ 
sects.  The  microscope  suggested  for  the  plant  life  work  will  also  be  needed 
in  this  work. 


15 


VEGETABLE  GARDENING. 


Title. 

Author. 

Publisher. 

Price. 

Text: 

Vegetable  Gardening  .  . . 

. .  .Watts  . 

. .  .  $1.75 

References : 

Potato  . 

....Fraser  . 

.75 

Tomato  . 

.50 

Bean  Culture . 

. . . Seavey  . 

.50 

Celery . . 

.50 

Melon  . 

. . .Troop  . 

.50 

Cabbage  . 

.  .  .  Allan  . 

.50 

Sweet  Potato . 

.  .  .  Fitz  . 

.50 

Spraying  Crops . 

...Weed  . 

...  .Orange- Judd  . 

.50 

*Vegetable  Gardening  . 

.  .  .Webb 

1  00 

*Gardening,  Farming  .  . 

.  .  .  Corbitt . 

.  .  .  .  Ginn  .  . 

2  00 

Garden  Making . 

.  .  .  .  Bailey  . 

....Macmillan  ... 

.  .  .  1.50 

Equipment:  Sash  for  cold  frames. 

This  course  is  intended  to  be  a  study  of  the 

soils  adapted  to 

vegetable 

growing,  the  fertilization, 

the  management  and  care  of  the  soil;  the  study  of 

varieties  of  vegetables,  methods  of  identifying 

and  combating  insect  and 

plant  diseases;  the  use  and  the  marketing  of  vegetables. 

Title. 

FIELD  CROPS. 

Author. 

Publisher. 

Price. 

Text  : 

Field  Crops . 

.  .  ..Wilson  &  Warbnrtnn  .  Wobb 

...  $1  50 

References : 

Corn  . 

.  .  .  Bowman  &  Crosley 

.  .  Stechert  .... 

2.00 

Study  of  Corn . 

.  .  .  Shoesmith . 

.  .  .  Orange- Judd 

.50 

Tobacco  Leaf . 

.  .  .  Myrick  . 

. .  .  .  Orange- Judd 

....  2.00 

Cereals  in  America . 

.  .  .  Hunt  . 

.  .  .  Orange- Judd 

....  1.75 

Forage  and  Fiber  Crops. 

.  .  .  Hunt  . 

....  1.75 

Farm  Grasses  in  United 

States  .  Spillman  . 

.  .  .  Orange-Judd 

. .  .  1.00 

Corn  Crops . 

.  .  .  Montgomery  . 

.  . .  .Macmillan  .  . 

_  1.50 

Forage  Crops . 

.  .  . .  Voorhees  . 

....Macmillan  .. 

.  .  .  .  1.50 

Alfalfa  . 

.  . .  Coburn  . 

.  .  .  Orange-Judd 

.50 

Southern  Field  Crops. . 

. . .  Duggar  . 

...  Macmillan  .. 

.  .  .  .  1.75 

Equipment:  No  special  equipment. 

This  course  should  take  up  in  detail  the  soils,  and  fertilizers  for  each  crop 
of  any  importance  in  the  community  with  a  study  of  diversification  and  crop 
management;  the  methods  of  identifying  and  combating  attacks  of  insects 
and  plant  diseases,  and  the  harvesting,  uses,  and  marketing  of  the  crops.  A 
portion  of  the  year  should  be  devoted  to  the  special  crop  which  is  of  most 
importance  in  the  community. 


16 


FRUIT  CULTURE. 


Title.  Author.  Publisher. 

Text  : 

Popular  Fruit  Growing . Green  . Y/ebb  . 

References: 

Principles  of  Fruit  Growing  Bailey  . Macmillan  .. 

American  Apple  Orchard.  . .  Waugli  . Orange-Judd 

American  Peach  Orchard...  Waugh  . Orange-Judd 

Harvesting,  etc.,  Fruits -  Waugh  . Orange-Judd 

♦American  Fruit  Culturist.  Thomas  . . Orange-Judd 

♦American  Grape  Culture..  Munsen . Orange-Judd 

The  Pruning  Book .  Bailey  . Macmillan  .  . 


Equipment: 

6  pruning  shears  . 

2  pruning  saws  . 

1  tree  pruner,  8  feet . 

1  barrel  spray  pump,  complete 
Insecticides  and  fungicides.... 


Price. 


$1.00 

1.50 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 

2.50 
2.00 

1.50 

$6.00 

2.00 

1.00 

25.00 


$34.00 

This  course  is  intended  to  cover,  in  a  general  way,  all  of  the  common 
orchard  fruits  which  may  be  grown  in  the  section  of  the  state  in  which  the 
school  is  located.  The  planting,  care,  cultivation,  fertilization  of  the  orchard 
and  the  identification  and  eradication  of  insect  pests  and  plant  diseases  which 
infest  orchards,  and  a  study  of  spraying  apparatus,  pruning,  and  the  handling 
and  marketing  of  fruit  will  each  receive  a  good  portion  of  the  time  devoted  to 
the  subject. 

SOILS  AND  FERTILIZERS. 


Title. 

Author. 

Publisher. 

Price. 

Text: 

Soils  and  Fertilizers . 

.  Snyder  . 

...Macmillan  . 

$1.50 

References : 

Soils  and  Fertilizers . 

.  King . 

1.50 

Soils  . 

.  Burkett  . 

.  .  .  Orange-Judd  .... 

1.25 

♦Farm  Manures . 

.  Thorne  . 

.  .  .  Orange-Judd  .... 

1.50 

♦Fertilizers  and  Crops.  .  .  . 

.  Van  Slyke . 

...Orange-Judd  .... 

2.50 

Soils  and  Soil  Fertility.  .  . 

.  Whitson  &  Walster 

.  .  Webb  . 

1.25 

First  Principles  of  Soil  Fer- 

tility  . 

. .  Vivian . 

1.00 

♦Irrigation  and  Drainage. 

.  King . 

.  .  .  Macmillan  . 

1.50 

Soils  . 

.  Lyon  &  Fippin  .  .  .  . 

.  .  .  Macmillan  . 

1.50 

Soils  and  Crops . 

. .  Hunt  &  Burkett  .  .  . 

.  .  .  Orange-Judd  .... 

1.50 

♦Soil  Fertility  and  Perma- 

nent  Agriculture . 

. .  Hopkins  . 

.  .  Ginn  . 

2,25 

Equipment:  At  present  no  laboratory  equipment  is  suggested  for  the 
reason  that  there  will  be  practically  none  that  will  need  to  be  bought  out¬ 
right.  As  soon  as  the  course  is  outlined  in  detail  a  suggested  list  of  apparatus 
and  details  for  construction  will  be  furnished. 

This  course  is  intended  to  cover  the  following  subjects: 


17 


The  origin  and  classification  of  soils;  soil  water  and  its  relation  to  soil 
fertility  and  crop  production;  availability  and  uses  of  plant  food;  the  use  of 
fertilizers  and  manures,  drainage  and  soil  management. 

FEEDS  AND  FEEDING. 

Title.  Author.  Publisher.  Price. 

Text: 

Principles  of  Feeding . Burkett  . Orange-Judd _  $1.50 

References : 

Farm  Animals . Hunt  &  Burkett . Orange-Judd  ....  1.50 

Profitable  Stock  Feeding.  ..  Smith . Webb  .  1.50 

*Feeds  and  Feeding . Henry  . Stecliert  .  2.25 

Equipment:  No  equipment  necessary. 

The  composition  of  feeds,  the  functions  of  fat,  protein,  starch,  and  ask 
in  the  milk  and  meat  production,  the  computation  of  rations  and  practical 
experience  in  feeding  the  animals  belonging  to  the  school. 

FARM  MACHINERY. 

Title.  Author.  Publisher.  Price. 

Text:  No  suitable  text  has  been  found. 

References : 

Farm  Machinery  and  Farm 

Motors  . . . . .  Davidson  •&  Chase  . Orange-Judd  ....  $2.00 

Agricultural  Engineering.  . .Davidson  . Webb  .  1.50 

Equipment:  A  set  of  blacksmith  tools  should  be  included  in  the  equip¬ 
ment  of  this  course.  A  gas  engine  which  will  be  needed  in  the  school  for 
running  the  cream  separator  and  various  other  purposes  should  be  pur¬ 
chased  as  soon  as  possible.  Other  equipment  can  be  supplied  as  the  course 
develops. 

This  course  is  intended  to  familiarize  the  student  with  the  care  and 
repairing  of  farm  machinery,  harness,  etc.  At  present  there  has  been  so 
little  work  done  of  this  kind  in  the  high  schools  that  the  work  will  depend 
very  much  upon  the  initiative  of  the  instructor. 

Minimum  Equipment,  First  Year. 


Library  . $100.00 

General  Farm  equipment .  1,334.75 

Complete  equipment  for  dairy.. .  373.00 

Manual  training  equipment  (general) .  54.90 

Manual  training,  (individual  bench  sets,  5,  each  $9.30) .  46.50 

For  course  in  Plant  Life .  30.00 

For  course  in  Plant  Culture .  1.25 

Total  . . $1,940.40 


Not  Necessary  First  Year. 


Course  in  Fruit  Culture.  .  .  . .  $34.00 

Course  in  Poultry  Raising .  50.00 

Total  . .  $84.00 


Complete  total .  $2,024.40 


Addresses  of  Publishers  Referred  to  in  Book  Lists. 

Orange-Judd  Company,  315-321  Fourth  Ave.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

The  Macmillan  Co.,  64-66  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Webb  Publishing  Co.,  55-79  East  Tenth  St.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.,  231-245  West  39th  St.*  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Henry  Holt  &  Co.,  Publishers,  34  W.  33d  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Allyn  &  Bacon,  36  W.  37tli  St.,  New  York. 

Several  books  are  given  as  published  by  Stechert.  (Where  a  book  is  pub¬ 
lished  by  some  company  from  which  possibly  only  that  book  would  be  bought 
it  will  be  found  much  more  satisfactory  to  buy  all  such  miscellaneous  books 
from  G.  E.  Stechert  &  Co.,  151-155  W.  25tli  St.,  New  York.  Any  book  published 
in  America  may  be  obtained  from  this  company  and  in  most  cases  at  the 
same  figure  as  if  bought  from  the  publisher.) 

The  Bausch  &  Lomb  Microscope  outfit,  No.  “F-2,”  will  possibly  be  the  most 
desirable  for  this  work.  This  is  sold  by  Arthur  H.  Thomas  Co.,  Philadelphia. 
A  similar  microscope  and  the  one  that  is  very  highly  recommended  by 
biologists,  sold  by  Ernst  Letiz,  30  E.  18th  St.,  New  York,  will  cost  about 
$30.00. 

The  equipment  for  the  courses  in  Fruit  Culture,  Vegetable  Gardening,  etc., 
may  be  obtained  from  Henry  A.  Dreer,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  In  buying  the 
farm  machinery,  if  the  schools  will  take  up  the  matter  with  the  manufac¬ 
turers,  many  donations  will,  in  all  probability,  be  made  and  better  prices 
may  be  obtained  than  from  the  local  dealer. 


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